Written In Blood is the brand new CBS Reality Original series which brings fact and fiction together as bestselling thriller writer Simon Toyne meets fellow top crime authors to discuss how their works of fiction have been inspired by some of the UK’s darkest real life crimes. The series continues throughout October with a new episode each Sunday at 10pm.

Each episode delves into a different criminal case, employing reconstruction as well as interviews with the people closest to the crimes, from forensic experts to lead detectives.

As Toyne meets each author and learns how they adapted real-life events into best-selling books, we see how the horror of true cri...

Everyone is someone’s child, even a serial killer. How did the relationships between the world’s most notorious murderers and their mothers turn them into merciless killers?

Renowned investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre continues this second season of Murderers and their Mothers, investigating the childhoods and backgrounds of some of the most notorious murderers. This series explores the new criminological theory of ‘Mothers’, created from our first caseload of killers by Donal and Professor Elizabeth Yardley.

Each episode now explores not just the crimes of the murderers and their childhoods, but also aims to categorise their m...

In this episode, Simon Toyne travels to Darlington to explore the horrific case of 'The Facebook Killer’ and talk to author Angela Clarke (pictured).

Peter Chapman committed petty crimes through his childhood. At 15 he was accused of sexual assault but the charges were dropped. Four years later, he was accused of rape again after girl he befriended fell pregnant as a result of the attack, but the police were unable to make the accusation stick and he once again faced no charges.

He then began to target prostitutes, knowing that they were vulnerable targets and that he was likely ...

New and exclusive to CBS Reality, Written In Blood looks at some of the most gripping crime thrillers written and the terrifying true crimes that inspired them.

Hosted by author Simon Toyne, he travels the country speaking to writers such as Alex Marwood, Howard Linksey and Mark Billingham, dissecting the crimes and how they were inspired by them for their books.

Each Sunday after the episode has ended you will be able to download a free Podcast that delves even more into the book covered in that week's episode. Week by week they'll become an indispensable companion to the series.

In this episode, Simon Toyne travels to South Yorkshire to explore the bizarre case of a man dubbed ‘The Rotherham Shoe Rapist’.

James Lloyd, a former print shop manager was the father of two and considered to be a family man and a pillar of the community. However, he would attack women from behind, take their money, drag them off, tie them up and gag them with stockings.

His committed his first offence in 1983, but when Lloyd stopped offending in 1986, the case turned cold and he evaded detection. In 2002, the case was re-opened, and with advancements in forensics and the use of DNA profiling they ran Lloyd’s DNA profile through the National DNA Dat...

In this episode, Simon Toyne travels to Liverpool to unravel the notorious story of the murder of James Bulger, the 2-year-old abducted and killed by two 10-year-old boys.

Bootle, Merseyside. On February 12th, 1993, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, who frequently played truant, were hanging around the Strand shopping centre after skipping school. The boys were wandering around the shopping centre stealing items such as sweets and batteries and a bucket of pain, which were later found at the crime scene.

First the boys attempted to take a boy from a department store T.J. Hughes, before the child’s mother ran out and picked him up. Thompson and Venabl...

In this episode, Simon Toyne travels to South London to unravel the unbelievable story of Banaz Mahmod–a woman murdered by members of her own family.

Banaz Mahmod was an Iraqi Kurdish woman who moved to the UK at age 10. When she was 17, Banaz was forced into an arranged marriage with a significantly older man who physically and sexually abused her. When she was 19, she left him and moved back to the family home in Wimbledon. She reported to the police several times that she was being followed by her family, even telling the officers that “if anything happens to me, it’s them”. Without her family’s knowledge, she started seeing Rahmut Sulemani until ...

New and exclusive to CBS Reality, Written In Blood brings fact and fiction together and is presented by bestselling thriller writer Simon Toyne. In each episode, Simon meets other top UK crime writers to discuss how their works of fiction have been inspired by real life crimes. Here Simon chats about this compelling series and his career as an author.

CBSR: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to be a creative?

ST: I think everyone’s creative when they’re young and it kind of gets knocked out of you bit by bit as you get older. I suppose some are more creative than others though in the same way some people are taller, maybe they’re the ones who...

Snapped: Killer Couples is a gripping series that features couples whose passion drove them to commit terrible criminal acts. Through re-creations and first-hand accounts, each episode delves into the stories behind the couples' romances, how their relationships evolved once love transformed into manipulation, and what ultimately drove them to commit heinous crimes.

From the murder of a Las Vegas casino mogul to a couple who embark on a crime spree, viewers are given unprecedented access into these relationships gone awry.